Volcano watch

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Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013

Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)

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"Of course all volcanoes will explode, as this is going to be a very severe pole shift. What about the months and years preceding the pole shift? It is no secret that Mammoth Lake and the caldera of Yellowstone are warming up, and the populace has been prepared for these occurrences by the movie Volcano where there, in the middle of LA, lava is bubbling up. In fact, there is a fault line running from the approximate San Diego/LA area, up into the Sierras, and this is liable to rupture rather violently during one of the quakes that precedes the pole shift by some months. Volcanic eruptions from that area in the Sierras can be expected. Will Mount St. Helen erupt? All volcanoes that have been active within the memory of man will begin spewing and burping and oozing, and many that were not expected to become active will reactive. "   ZetaTalk - Feb 15, 2000

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CURRENTLY ACTIVE VOLCANOES VISUAL

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VOLCANO ERUPTS WITH SMOKE IN INDONESIA  (SEP 27)

A VOLCANO has erupted on Indonesia's Sumatra island, spewing thick grey smoke up to 1.5 kilometres into the sky.

Monitoring official Suparno says Mount Marapi's eruption on Wednesday is its strongest since August last year, when its status was raised to level three out of four.

Suparno, who uses one name, says there is no plan for an evacuation because the nearest villages are far beyond the danger zone of three kilometres from the crater. ...

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VOLCANO IN CHINA SHOWING SIGNS OF ACTIVITY (SEP 27)

A volcano on the border of China and North Korea is showing signs of increasing activity and could erupt in the next few decades, Chinese researchers say.

A massive eruption of Changbaishan around 1,100 years ago spread ash and volcanic gases for 30 miles and left a 3-mile-wide crater atop the volcano, scientists said.

Seismic activity, ground deformation and gas emissions recorded in a period of heightened activity from 2002 to 2006 suggests the magma chamber beneath the volcano is growing.  ....

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MUD VOLCANO ERUPTS IN AZERBAIJAN, SEP 20

Arif Huseynov: “The Volcano was too powerful at the beginning and the mud covered more than 2 ha of the area”

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. Lokbatan mud volcano erupted in the morning has weakened, Executive of Mud Volcanism Department under the Geology Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Arif Huseynov told APA.

Huseynov said that the eruption process is being studied. The volcano accompanied by a rumble at 05.00 spew flames at 09.00: “According to the preliminary observations, the eruption was powerful and mud spread across the area of more than 2 ha. The exact information will be announced after the measurements. But this eruption was more powerful than the eruption in 2010. At that time, the mud covered about 2 ha area.”

Husyenov says that no flame is being observed in the area: “The volcano has already weakened. It is not likely to flame again, as it’s weakened.”

The Lokbatan mud volcano is the most active volcano in Azerbaijan and in the world. Last time the volcano erupted in 2010. This is the 24th eruption of the volcano.

Fortunately there aren’t any houses in the area, but there are oil wells.

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Today's eruption of Mt. Karangetang in the northern part of North Sulawesi makes 4 volcanoes in Indonesia to erupt in the past 5 days. 

Media downplays eruptions as "rumbling", defined at Mt. Soputan as follows:

"The explosion on the mountain took place until 2 a.m. The eruption could be heard up to 40 kilometres away. Observers now could not see or record earthquakes there as the explosions were incessant."

4 Volcanoes Rumble in Indonesia (Sep 20) -
Three active volcanoes in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi and another one in North Maluku are rumbling. The three rumbling mountains in North Sulawesi are Mount Soputan in Southeast Minahasa, Mt. Lokon in Tomohon and Mt. Karangetang in the northern part of North Sulawesi, while Mt. Gamalama in Ternate Island grumbled in North Maluku.

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http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/09/20/4-volcanoes-rumble-indon...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/volcanic-activity-up-in-several...

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Soputan Volcano Erupts In Central Indonesia, Third Volcano to Erupt in Indonesia Since Sep 15 -

Shooting ash and smoke nearly 1 1/2 kilometers into the sky, Soputan joined Lokon in North Sulawesi and Gamalama at Ternate in North Maluku, both of which erupted on Saturday, September 15.  Lokon generated a 1,500-meter high ash plume.  Soputan is about 2,160 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/mount-soputan-volcano-erup...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/two-volcanos-awaken-rattling-ne...

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/17/mount-gamalama-spews-...

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EL HIERRO : 410 EARTHQUAKES IN 120 HOURS! + DEFORMATIONS

Update 17/09 – 22:09 UTC
- 105 earthquakes until 20:55 UTC
- less seismicity than the 2 prior days

Update 17/09 – 20:01 UTC
- 95 earthquakes, all the recent ones at 20 km or deeper

Update 17/09 – 17:05 UTC
- 84 earthquakes until 16:11 UTC
- Another 2 shallow quakes at 10 and 11 km , both in the El Golfo, Sabinosa area. The phenomena described in the last update is being confirmed with these quakes. The Sabinosa – El Golfo area has become active again. We are however unsure whether IGN has deliberately omitted the quakes in this area when the strong swarm started. If this was not the case (what we should find very normal) then we can speak of a changing pattern. The following hours will give a better idea of the situation

Update 17/09 – 15:36 UTC
- Is the crust starting to show cracks ? Why are we writing this ? If IGN data are correct, we have noticed a number of shallower earthquakes the last couple of hours. Nothing to be scared off, but this is definitely a change in patterns versus earlier today and the 2 preceding days.  From 12:27 until 14:39 (less than 3 hours) we have noticed 6 under 20 km earthquakes on a total of 17.
The shallowest being a 13 km, but also a 15 km and a couple of 18 km. Is the magma the cause ? IGN would probably know it but mostly keeps his information for international science conferences a couple of months later!
The shallowest one was recorded below the Sabinosa area, the area where the other 10 km were recorded last week.
- 71 earthquakes so far

Update 17/09 – 12:45 UTC
- 52 earthquakes so far (listed by IGN until 11:06 UTC). No change in depth patterns or epicenter area. I looks more and more that the island consists of solid rock where magma has a hard time to penetrate

Update 17/09 – 08:38 UTC
- “Only” 30 earthquakes listed by IGN this morning
- Hypocenters : no change in depth (hypocenter or focal depth or depth are indicating the same = layer in the underground (crust or deeper) where the energy is generated
- Epicenters : same area than yesterday centering in the historic crater area
- GPS deformations :
Restinga : 1 cm further uplifting (Ultra Rapid) – stabilized on the longitude and latitude axis (= earlier movement to the South-East)
Pinar : 1 cm uplift – pushed 1 cm further to the North – stabilized on the longitude axis (= earlier movement to the East)
Frontera : no more uplifting, 0,5 cm to the North – no change on the longitude axis since long time
The plotters under our readers can try to trace this way the source of the magma. Click here for the source of our data (courtesy Prof. Sagiya – University of Nagoya)

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Lates update on El Hierro volcano ;

Update 16/09 – 19:17 UTC
- 185 earthquakes until 20:49 UTC
- 1 M1.4 earthquake at 10 km, but this was the only one today at this shallow depth
- Diario El Hierro has the stunning title that IGN is analizing the earthquakes. What else could be expected from IGN ?
- Canarias7 could talk to Jose Mario Blanco (IGN). She says that she do not expect the quakes to become stronger than M3.2 at the present depth. She confirms what we wrote earlier on, that the epicenters are migrating gradually to the south.

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Violent Fuego Volcano Eruption in Guatemala - 33,000 Expected to Evacuate (Sept 13) - 

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/13/13847747-33000-told-t...

A Guatemalan volcano erupting Thursday for the sixth time this year triggered evacuations of several towns, with more than 33,000 expected to flee.

The Fuego volcano started spewing lava some 2,000 feet down two slopes, while ash flew two miles upwards. Ash was covering homes and buildings several miles away, the government's disaster agency said.

While Fuego had erupted five times earlier this year, one scientist in Guatemala said today's eruption was the biggest since 1999.

Seventeen towns with 33,000 people are in the precautionary evacuation zone, the country's emergency response director said. By midday, more than 10,000 had fled, officials said.

The volcano sits just 6 miles southwest of Antigua, a colonial city popular with tourists. Antigua was not in the evacuation zone.

Cinders spewing from the volcano were settling a half-inch thick in many places, government volcanologist Gustavo Chicna said.

Extremely hot gases were rolling down the sides of the volcano, which was entirely wreathed in ash and smoke.

The emergency agency warned that flights through the area could be affected.

There was a general orange alert, the second-highest level, but a red alert south and southeast of the mountain, where, Chicna said, "it's almost in total darkness" due to the ash and smoke.

Teresa Marroquin, a Guatemalan Red Cross coordinator, said the organization had set up 10 emergency shelters and was sending hygiene kits and water.

"There are lots of respiratory problems and eye problems," she said.

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Thousands Evacuated as San Cristobal Volcano Eruption in Nicaragua Intensifies (Sept 9) -

Nicaragua’s largest volcano erupted three times this morning, belching gas and ash 1,500 meters into the sky and forcing the evacuation of thousands of families in the rural northwestern department of Chinandega, according to government media sources. No damages or injuries have been reported.

San Cristobal’s eruption is being monitored by the government officials and could result in the evacuation of 20,000 people, according to first lady and government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo.

Guillermo González, director of the National System for Prevention, Mitigation and Response to Disasters (SINAPRED) reported that 3,000 people in five communities are being affected by gases and ash from the volcano.

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